''Filmmaker'' is a quarterly publication

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

covering issues relating to

independent film An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, i ...

. The magazine was founded in 1992 by

Karol Martesko-Fenster Karol Martesko-Fenster is an American media executive. Career Martesko-Fenster is the founder and chief content officer of Thought Engine Partners and the chief operating officer of specialized theatrical film distributor and global rights manage ...

, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. The magazine is now published by the IFP ( Independent Filmmaker Project), which acts in the independent film community.

Background

With a readership of more than 60,000, the magazine includes interviews, case studies, financing and distribution information, festival reports, technical and production updates, legal pointers, and filmmakers on filmmaking in their own words. The magazine used to be available outside the US in London but has not been on sale in the UK since early 2009.

Annual features

25 New Faces of Independent Film: Each year (typically in the Summer issue), ''Filmmaker'' publishes its list of independent film's emerging talent. The list typically contains directors, producers, actors and animators. Past lists have featured

Ryan Gosling Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has receive ...

Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore." Life and career Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheil ...

, Anna Boden &

Ryan Fleck Anna Boden and Ryan K. Fleck are an American filmmaking duo. They are best known for their collaborations on the films ''Half Nelson'', ''Sugar'', '' It's Kind of a Funny Story'', ''Mississippi Grind'' and '' Captain Marvel''. Early life B ...

, Greg Pak,

Oren Peli Oren Peli ( he, אורן פלאי / אורן פלי; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter, known for directing the 2007 film ''Paranormal Activity''. Early life Peli was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a J ...

, Miranda July,

Tze Chun Tze Chun (born Tze-ngo Chun ) is an American film and TV producer, director, writer, and comic book publisher. He was born in Chicago and raised outside of Boston, and graduated from Milton Academy in 1998. He received his bachelor's degree in ...

Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor and author widely known for his films '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, ...

Mark Duplass Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Duplass has written and directed films, ...

, Zoe Kazan, Lena Dunham, Rooney Mara,

Azazel Jacobs Azazel Jacobs (born September 27, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is the son of experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs. His short films include ''Kirk and Kerry'' and ''Message Machine'', and his features include the acclaimed ...

Craig Zobel Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor whose work includes music videos, film, and television. He has directed the films '' Compliance'' (2012), ''Z for Zachariah'' (2015), and '' The Hunt'' (2020). On TV he has directed episodes of ...

Elliot Page Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award nomination, two BAFTA Awards and Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and a Satellite Award. Page publi ...

, and

Hilary Swank Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series '' Camp Wilder'' and made her film debut with a minor role in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992 ...

List of "25 New Faces of Indie Film" from 1998–2020

Sources:

1998

Lance Acord Lance Acord (born September 9, 1964) A.S.C.American Society of Cinematographers.

* Peter Sarsgaard * Jamie Babbit * David Birdsell * Darren Stein * Hilary Brougher *

P. David Ebersole P. David Ebersole is an American independent filmmaker, television director, and novelist. He began his film career as a child actor, playing the lead in the musical ''Junior High School'' (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul. Career Stepping ...

* Christina Ray Eichman * Matthew Irving * Mary Kuryla * Craig Marsden * Sanjay Mishra * David Munro *

Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorp ...

Benita Raphan Benita Raphan (November 5, 1962, New York City – January 10, 2021, New York City) was an American filmmaker and designer. She was known for directing short documentary films about "eccentric and unusual minds", including John Nash, Buckminster F ...

* Tami Reiker * Greg Sax * Shudder to Think * Elizabeth Schub *

Cauleen Smith Cauleen Smith (born September 25, 1967) is an American born filmmaker and multimedia artist. She is best known for her experimental works that address the African-American identity, specifically the issues facing black women today. Smith is bes ...

Amy Talkington Amy Virginia Talkington (born 1969) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author. Background Talkington was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Clement Talkington, is a surgeon; her mother, Virginia Savage McAlester, is an architectural ...

* Amy Vincent * Lisa Wiegand * Yvonne Welbon *

Jessica Yu Jessica Lingmin Yu (born February 14, 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1 ...

1999

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
. ''Derbrett's P ...

Matthew Libatique Matthew Libatique (born July 19, 1968) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films '' Pi'' (1998), '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), '' The Fountain'' (2006), ''Black Swan'' (2010), ' ...

* Eva Ilona Brzeski *

James Chinlund James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied Fine Art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large scale installation art works. After graduating, ...

Nisha Ganatra Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama ''Chutney Popcorn'' (1999) and later directed the indepe ...

Theodore Shapiro Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores. He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won th ...

* Tom Krueger * Lindsay Jewett *

Erik Loyer Erik Loyer is a digital artist whose work examines identity and memory in the context of new modes of communications afforded by media technologies. History Loyer began his work at The Voyager Company, and has done professional interface design wor ...

* Jim Tobias * Tom E. Brown *

Patrick Stettner Patrick Stettner is an American film director and writer. His first film, ''Flux'', was released in 1996 as a short, and starred Allison Janney in an early role. He went on to direct and write the screenplay for '' The Business of Strangers'' in 2 ...

* Karyn Kusama * Angela Robinson *

Shari Roman Shari Roman is an American artist, author, screenwriter and director. Biography Originally commissioned by John Pierson for his Independent Film Channel (USA) programSplit Screen Roman's first short filmLars from 1-10about Danish Dogme film mak ...

& Sophia Fiennes * David Kaplan * Joel Hopkins * Kurt Kuenne * Heidi Van Lier * Jennifer Gentile *

Wash Westmoreland Paul Westmoreland (born 4 March 1966), known professionally as Wash Westmoreland and previously known as Wash West, is a British director who has worked in television, documentaries, and independent films. He frequently collaborated with his hus ...

* Tom Hodges * Jonathan Weiss

2000

Tim Orr Tim Orr (born 1968) is an American cinematographer known mostly for his work with director David Gordon Green. Orr graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998. He has worked as the Director of Photography on such films as ''Ge ...

* Alex Rivera * Tatia Rosenthal *

Michael Pitt Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in '' Murder by Numbers'' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003), Gus Van Sant's '' Last Days'' (2005), and M ...

* Fran Krause * Kenya T. Tiller *

Gary Hawkins Gary Hawkins is an independent filmmaker born and raised in Thomasville, North Carolina. Hawkins has written and directed six films, including ''The Rough South of Harry Crews'', which won an Emmy and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Go ...

* Isaac Webb * Greg Pritikin * Peter Sollett & Eva Vives * Cintra Wilson * David Kartch * Anthony Hardwick * Marlene Rhein * Cinque Northern * Rolf Gibbs * Laura Colella * Senor Amor & Danielle Luppi * Arjun Dhasin * Aaron Woodley * Damani Baker *

Erin Cressida Wilson Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American playwright, screenwriter, professor, and author. Wilson is known for the 2002 film ''Secretary'', which she adapted from a Mary Gaitskill short story. It won her the Independent Spirit ...

* Bradley Rust Gray

2001

* David Guion & Michael Handelman *

Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (born 1975) is an American filmmaker and writer. Biography She studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated summa cum laude in 2003. Her debut short film '' Pâté'' premiered at the Sundance Film F ...

* Doug Sadler *

* Monique Matthews * Ari Gold * Chris Papierniak * Brett Vapnek * Todd Stevens * Kat Smith *

Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is an American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee who is best known for the animated films '' It's Such a Beautiful Day'', the '' World of Tomorrow'' series, ...

* Paul Harrill * Bradley Beesley * Minh Nguyen-Vo * Eric Deutschman * Mike Jones * Nicholas Hay *

David Von Ancken David Henry Von Ancken (December 5, 1964 – July 26, 2021) was an American film, television director and screenwriter. Career He directed one feature film, the 2006 Western (genre), Western ''Seraphim Falls'' starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Br ...

* David Fickas *

Todd Hughes Todd Hughes (born August 13, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American screenwriter, author, producer and film director. He is a Columbia University graduate and currently resides in Palm Springs, California and Mérida, Yucatán. Career ...

Zoe Poledouris Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcas ...

* Scott Coffey

2002

* Aaron Stanford * Judy Becker * Steven Pippman * Geoff Haley * Brian To * Garrett Scott * J.T. Petty * deco dawson * Daniel Junge *

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger (born November 22, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary '' Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama '' The Illusionist'' (2006), '' Limitless'' (2011), and the sci-fi action film ...

* Divya Srinivasan * Josslyn Luckett * Lisa Collins * Craig Brewer * Przemyslaw Reut * M. Stark & Jacob Meszaros * Coleman Hough * Grace Lee * Justin Haythe * Steve Beatrice * Lucy Walker * Nicole Cattell * Joshua Marston * Davidson Cole

2003

* Tasha Oldham * Jesse Moss * Steven Tsuchida *

Seith Mann Seith Mann (born 1973)"March 14, 2007...At 33, the D.C. native is one of the youngest African Americans directing television dramas" is an American film and television director. He directed ''Five Deep Breaths'' and has gone on to direct for '' The ...

* Jessica Sharzer * Adam Bhala Lough * Bradley Peyton *

Ben Coccio Benjamin Coccio (born August 2, 1975) is an American filmmaker from Niskayuna, New York. He is best known for his feature film work, directing '' Zero Day'' and co-writing ''The Place Beyond The Pines''. Biography Coccio attended the Rhode Islan ...

* Tom Putnam * Shari Frilot *

Stefan Nadelman Stefan Nadelman is an American film director and animator. A collection of photos from Stefan Nadelman's film '' Terminal Bar'' was released in book form in 2014, authored by Nadelman and his father Sheldon Nadelman who also was the book's photo ...

* Victor Viyuoh * Patty Jenkins * Irene Lusztig * David Russo * Ghazi Albuliwi *

Matt Goldman Matt Goldman (born December 30, 1969) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer, and songwriter based in Atlanta, Georgia. Biography Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, Goldman is a drummer by trade. Goldman ...

* Greg Pak * Brett Ingram * Matt Smith * Elliot Greenebaum * Jen Sachs * Luis Carmara Silva & Gabrielle Galanter

2004

* Miranda July *

Jacob Aaron Estes Jacob Aaron Estes (born September 6, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film director known for the award winning film '' Mean Creek'', ''The Details'' and ''Don't Let Go''. Career Estes was a theatre major at the University of California, ...

Marcelo Zarvos Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and composer. Life and career Zarvos was born in São Paulo. He began in classical music in his teens and studied at the Berklee College of Music. He is more known for jazz and had success with the a ...

* Ryya Elias *

Andrij Parekh Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American cinematographer and television director. Early life Parekh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Ukrainian and Indian descent. Parekh went to high school in Minnesota at The Blake School ...

* Rosario Garcia-Montero * Ryan Eslinger * Ryan Johnson & Gena Levy * Elena Elmoznino * Cess Silvera * Margaret Harris * Micah Schraft & Abdi Nazemian * Larry Blackhorse Lowe * Ellie Lee * Stephen Adly Guirgis * Anna Boden &

* Kazuo Ohno * Rania Ajami * Mario De La Vega * Annemarie Jacir * Kulture Machine * Lou Taylor Pucci

2005

* Brent Green * Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi * Cary Joji Fukunaga * Opa Joe Sampson *

Kyle Henry Kyle Henry is an American independent filmmaker, editor, and educator. Henry teaches film production at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, while also spending time in Los Angeles and Austin. He received his undergraduate degree from ...

Keith Bearden Keith Bearden (born in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American screenwriter and director. Starting at age 9, he began acting extensively on stage, performing in productions at Wesleyan University and Yale University, and 10 years acting and t ...

* Rachel Boynton * Danielle Lurie *

Cam Archer Cam Archer (born 1981) is an American independent filmmaker, photographer and sound designer, currently residing in Santa Cruz, California. ''Cinemad'' Career Archer's first success was with his 2003 student produced short film, ''bobbycrush'' ...

* Patricia Riggen * Jake Mahaffy * Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon *

Victor Buhler Victor Buhler (born February 1, 1972) is an American television and film director. Buhler was a Series Producer on The Vow and in 2019 he won a Sports Emmy for producing '' Tom vs. Time''. He directed the documentary feature film '' Rikers High' ...

* Don Handfield * Mary Jordan * Stew * Mark Banning & Mad Matthewz *

Nicholas Jarecki Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film ''Arbitrage''. Early life Jarecki was born on June 25, 1979 in New York City, to Henry Jarecki and Marjorie Heidsieck. ...

* Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing * Oliver Cheetham * Lori Silverbush & Michael Skolnik *

Joby Harold Joby Harold is an English screenwriter, producer and director who runs Safehouse Pictures with his producing partner, Tory Tunnell. The company was co-founded in 2005. Career Harold's latest projects are the upcoming films ''Space Mountain' ...

* Chase Palmer * Marshall Curry *

2006

* Olivia Thirlby * Linas Phillips *

Ham Tran Ham Tran () is a Vietnamese American film writer, editor, and director. He is of Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese) ancestry, specifically Teochew. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film '' The An ...

* So Yong Kim *

Scott Z. Burns Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright. Career After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Burns began his career in advertising and later became a television commercials director. He was part of th ...

* Antonio Campos * Gary Huggins *

Carter Smith Carter Smith (born September 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker and fashion photographer. He is best known for directing the films '' The Ruins'' (2008) and '' Jamie Marks Is Dead'' (2014). Life and career A native of Bowdoinham, Maine, Smith move ...

Astra Taylor Astra Taylor (born September 30, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt. Life Born in Winni ...

Michele Civetta Michele Civetta (born 1976) is an Italian American film director and multi-media artist and founder of Quintessence Films. Career Michele Civetta is an Emmy-nominated director. He has directed videos for Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, Edward Sharp ...

* Esther Robinson * Alex Karpovsky *

Aurora Guerrero Aurora Guerrero is a writer-director from California. Early life Guerrero was born in the Mission District of San Francisco, California to Mexican immigrant parents, later growing up on the border of the cities of Richmond and El Cerrito w ...

* Eunhee Cho * Neistat Brothers * Nee Brothers * Pastor Brothers * Michael Tully * Paul Soter * Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy * John Maringouin * Sameh Zaobi * Kevin Jerome Everson *

Todd Rohal Todd Rohal is an American independent filmmaker. Career Rohal attended filmmaking classes at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Between 1997 and 2001 he directed four short films: ''Single Spaced'' (1997), ''Slug 660'' (1998), ''Knuckleface Jone ...

* PJ Raval

2007

* Moon Molson * Sophie Barthes * Daniel Barz * Jennifer Venditti * Kim Reed * Andy Blubaugh *

* Calvin Reeder * Fillipe Barbosa *

* Phillip Van * Sean Kirby *

* Richard Goldgewicht & Jeremy Goldscheider * Vicente Amorim * M dot Strange * Kentucker Audley * Hope Dickson Leach * Ronald Bronstein * Vineet Dewan *

Georgina Lightning Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. Biography Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation. She was raised off-reserve, near the Samson community in Edmonton, Alberta ...

* Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky *

Jess Weixler Jess Weixler (born ) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy ''The Big Bad Swim''. Early life Weixler graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, wh ...

Alex Holdridge Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in Berlin, Germany. Holdridge began making movies in the early 2000s in Austin, Texas. His first full-length film, ''Wrong Numbers'', was a low-budget comedy about two 18-year-old g ...

* Stephane Gauger

2008

* Jesse Epstein * Andrew Okpeaha MacLean * Tariq Tapa * Joshua Safdie * Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman * Christina Voros *

Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt is an American director, writer, producer, and film professor at Princeton University. He is best known for his documentary films '' ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium'', ''Havana Motor Club'', '' Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has ...

* Jennifer Phang * Barry Jenkins *

Shana Feste Shana Feste (born August 28, 1975) is an American film director and screenwriter. She has directed and written '' The Greatest'', ''Country Strong'', '' Endless Love'', ''Boundaries'', ''Run Sweetheart Run'', and also has writing credits for '' ...

* Daniel Robin * Tom Quinn * John Magary *

* Matt Wolf * Myna Joseph * Encyclopedia Pictura * Mark Russell * E.E. Cassidy * Dee Rees * Aasif Mandvi * David & Nathan Zellner * Eric Latek * Julia Leigh * Benh Zeitlin

2009

* Ian Olds * Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal *

Nat Sanders Nathaniel "Nat" Sanders (born August 9, 1980) is an American film editor. He is best known for his collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton and Barry Jenkins. He won Independent Spirit Awards for both '' Short Term 12'' (2013) and ''Moonlight'' ...

* Jessica Oreck *

Derek Cianfrance Derek M. Cianfrance (; born January 23, 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films '' Blue Valentine,'' ''The Place Beyond the Pines and The Light Between Oc ...

* Jeff Mizushima *

Lost Zombies Lost Zombies was a zombie themed social network with the goal of creating a community generated zombie documentary. The website, built on the Ning platform, launched on May 1, 2008 and was created by Ryan Leach, Skot Leach and Rob Oshima. Over ...

* Paula Huidobro * Steph Green * Bradford Young * Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher * Paola Mendoza *

Destin Daniel Cretton Destin Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his films ''Short Term 12'' (2013), '' The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''Just Mercy'' (2019) and the Marvel Studios film '' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021). He h ...

Morgan Jon Fox Morgan Jon Fox (born June 19, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Named one of the "25 new faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine, he has directed four feature films, ''Blue Citrus Hearts'' ...

* The Purchase Brothers * Nicole Opper * Asiel Norton * Andrew T. Betzer * Sebastián Silva * Tina Mabry * Frankie Latina * Lena Dunham * Geoff Marslett * Rooney Mara * Jody Lee Lipes

2010

* Victoria Mahoney * Alex Jablonski & Michael Totten * Rashaad Ernesto Green *

Sara Colangelo Sara Colangelo is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films '' Little Accidents'' and '' Worth''. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010. Colangelo graduated from Phillips Exet ...

* Robert Machoian &

Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name '' Roderick'' ( Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last V ...

* Jason Byrne * Trieste Kelly Dunn * Sean Durkin * Rebecca Richman Cohen * Julius Onah * Zac Stuart-Pontier * Holden Abigail Osborne * David Wilson * Radical Friend (Kirby McClure & Julia Grigorian) * Marc Fratello * Brent Stewart * Jade Healy * Sultan Sharrief *

Mike Stoklasa Red Letter Media, LLC is an American film and video production company operated by independent filmmakers Mike Stoklasa (formerly of GMP Pictures) and Jay Bauman (formerly of Blanc Screen Cinema). It was formed by Stoklasa in 2004 while he was li ...

* Kasper Tuxen * Susan Youssef * Danfung Dennis * Arielle Javitch * Matt Porterfield * Adam Bowers

2011

* Alrick Brown * Joe Nicolosi * Alma Har’el * Kitao Sakurai * David Lowery * Eddie Alcazar * Yance Ford * Laura Israel * Everynone * Panos Cosmatos * Sophia Takal * Brent Bonacorso * Mark Jackson *

Kirby Ferguson Kirby Ferguson is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and speaker whose work covers creative works and popular culture; particularly remix culture. He is best known for his documentary series ''Everything is a Remix'' and ''This is Not a Conspiracy The ...

Damon Russell Damon Russell is a producer and director of television series and films. On June 29, 2016, Russell was inducted as a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Filmography * In 2005 Russell produced two episodes of ''Made'', a ...

* Gingger Shankar * Brent Hoff * Sheldon Candis * Carlen Altman * Rola Nashef * Alison Klayman * Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia * Rob Hauer * Dean Fleischer-Camp & Jenny Slate * Andrew S. Allen & Jason Sondhi

2012

* Desiree Akhavan and Ingrid Jungermann * Jonas Carpignano * Ian Clark *

Ryan Coogler Ryan Kyle Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a recipient of four NAACP Image Awards, four Black Reel Awards, a Golden Globe Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination for Best Pictu ...

* Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari * Chris Dapkins * Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall * Hannah Fidell * Julia Garner * Ian Harnarine *

Cutter Hodierne Cutter Shepard Hodierne (born October 27, 1986) is an American filmmaker best known for winning the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for his short film, '' Fishing Without Nets'', and for winning the Directing Award at the 2014 ...

Alexa Karolinski Alexa Karolinski (born 1984) is a German writer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. She is the creator of the television drama '' Unorthodox'' (2020). Filmmaking career Alexa received an MFA ...

* Penny Lane and

Brian Frye Brian Lawrence Frye (born c. 1970) is an American independent filmmaker, artist, and law professor. His work includes '' Our Nixon'', for which he served as a producer with his ex-wife, Penny Lane. His film ''Oona's Veil'' is included in the perm ...

Jillian Mayer Jillian Mayer (born June 24, 1984) is a visual performance artist and filmmaker. She was born in Miami and is based there today. Mayer's video works and performances have been displayed at galleries and museums internationally and film festival ...

and

Lucas Leyva Lucas Leyva (born October 25, 1986) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed multiple acclaimed short films (often in collaboration with visual artist Jillian Mayer), as well as several music videos for ...

* Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq * Terence Nance *

ornana Ornana (also called Ornana Films) is an American film company founded by director Danny Madden. Ornana's short film, "(notes on) biology", was nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject Award at the 39th Annie Awards and won the Jury Prize for ...

* Julia Pott * A. G. Rojas * Kim Sherman * Jason Tippet and Elisabeth Mims * Wu Tsang *

Patrick Wang Patrick Wang is an American writer, economist, director, and actor. His first feature film, the acclaimed hit indie film '' In the Family'', was released in 2011. He later directed the acclaimed two-part indie film ''A Bread Factory'' in 2018. Ear ...

* Treva Wurmfeld

2013

* Scott Blake * Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliff * Emily Carmichael *

Josephine Decker Josephine Decker (born April 2, 1981) is an American actress, filmmaker, and performance artist. As of 2020 she has directed four experimental feature films: the psychological thriller '' Butter on the Latch'' (2013), the erotic thriller '' Thou ...

* Anahita Ghazvinizadeh * Mohammad Gorjestani * Daniel Hart * Eliza Hittman * Boyd Holbrook * Lou Howe *

Andrew Thomas Huang Andrew Thomas Huang is a Chinese-American visual artist and film director known for his music videos for artists Björk, FKA twigs and Atoms for Peace. In 2019, Huang was nominated for a Grammy for his music video for FKA twigs - "Cellophane." ...

* Elaine McMillion * Jason Osder * Andrew Droz Palermo * Iva Radivojevic * Nandan Rao * Rodrigo Reyes * Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNico * Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld * Leah Shore * Andrea Sisson and Pete Ohs * Jeremy Teicher * Michael Tyburski and Ben Nabors *

Lauren Wolkstein Lauren Wolkstein is an American film director, writer, producer and editor. She is known for directing, writing, and editing the 2017 film '' The Strange Ones'' with Christopher Radcliff and serving on the directorial team for the third season o ...

Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao, born Zhao Ting (, born 31 March 1982), is a Chinese filmmaker, known primarily for her work on independent films. Zhao's debut feature film, '' Songs My Brothers Taught Me'' (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical a ...

2014

* Joe Callander * Frances Bodomo * Robert Eggers * Jodie Mack *

Jessica Dimmock Jessica Dimmock (born June 23, 1978) is a documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her body of work, ''The Ninth Floor'', documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years. E ...

and Christopher LaMarca * Bernardo Britto * Jamey Phillips * Scott Cummings * Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell * :: kogonada * Josef Wladyka and Alan Blanco * Annie Silverstein * Matt Sobel * Gina Telaroli *

Ana Lily Amirpour Ana Lily Amirpour ( fa, آنا لیلی امیرپور) is a British-born American film director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her feature film debut ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'', self-described as "the first ...

* Janicza Bravo * Lily Henderson * Nicole Riegel * Sean Porter * Darius Clark Monroe * Rich Vreeland * Charlotte Glynn * Heidi Saman * Dustin Guy Defa * Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn

2015

* Elizabeth Lo * Reinaldo Marcus Green * Andrew Hasse and Megan Brooks *

Trey Edward Shults Trey Edward Shults (born October 6, 1988) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is best known as the director and writer of the drama '' Krisha'' (2015), the psychological horror film ''It Comes at Night'' (2017), and dra ...

* Khalik Allah * Pia Borg and Edward Lawrenson * Pippa Bianco * Ian Samuels * Cecilia Aldarondo * Anna Rose Holmer * Ted Fendt * Britni West * Nick Berardini and Jamie Gonçalves * RaMell Ross *

Tayarisha Poe Tayarisha Poe is an American writer and director. Her directorial debut feature film '' Selah and the Spades'' won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival. Life and career Poe was raised in West Philadelphia. She rece ...

Theo Anthony Theo Anthony is an American film director, editor, and cinematographer from Baltimore, Maryland known for his documentary films, including 2016's '' Rat Film''. Anthony's work draws inspiration from the experimental film essays of directors s ...

* Viktor Jakovleski * Celia Rowlson-Hall *

Jimmie Fails Jimmie Fails (born November 10, 1994) is an American actor. His feature film debut was the titular role in the semi-autobiographical movie ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019). Life and career Fails was born and raised in San Francisc ...

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Joe Talbot Joseph Lyle Talbot (born July 11, 1990) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature film, ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019), which he co-wrote and directed, won the Best Director prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film i ...

* Shevaun Mizrahi * Juan Pablo Gonzalez * Jack Dunphy *

Anthony Onah Anthony Onah (born February 10, 1983) is an Nigerian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his debut feature, '' The Price'' (2017), which premiered at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it was no ...

* The Daniels * Zia Anger

2016

* Sasha Lane * Tom Rosenberg * Ricardo Gaona * Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan * Livia Ungur and Sherng-Lee Huang * Amman Abbasi * T. W. Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris * Jess dela Merced * Jerónimo Rodríguez * Graham Swon * Katy Grannan * Sonia Kennebeck *

Sabaah Folayan Sabaah Folayan is an American filmmaker and activist. Her debut documentary feature, '' Whose Streets?'', on the 2014 Ferguson protests, premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Early life Raised by her mother, musician an ...

and Damon Davis * MEMORY * Connor Jessup * Shawn Peters * John Wilson * James N. Kienitz Wilkins * Macon Blair * New Media Ltd. * Brian McOmber * Destini Riley and Nicholas Pilarski * Ben Petrie

2017

* Laura Moss * Robin Comisar * Andrew Fitzgerald * Ricky D'Ambrose * Sam Kuhn * Carmine Grimaldi * Nellie Kluz * Nilja Mu'min * Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll * Elan and Jonathan Bogarin * Alexa Lim Haas * Celine Held and Logan George * Liza Mandleup * Cirocco Dunlap * Ana Maria Vijdea * Beth de Araújo * Jonathan Olshefski * Nabil Elderkin *

Jessica Kingdon Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese American director and producer. She was nominated for the 2022 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing the documentary ''Ascension''. Career Kingdon received her BA from Columbia University in 2009 ...

* Ilana Coleman * Rachel Wolther and Alex H. Fischer * Sofía Subercaseaux * Kelvin Harrison Jr. * Ja'Tovia Gary

2018

* Charlotte Wells * Mariama Diallo * Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei * Helena Howard * Kamau Bilal * Richard Van * Means of Production * Paloma Martinez * Carey Williams * Aymar Jean Christian * Marnie Ellen Hertzler * Assia Boundaoui *

Miko Revereza Miko Revereza is an experimental filmmaker from Manila. Revereza lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant; an experience which informs his work. He holds an MFA from Bard College, but has no undergraduate degree. In 2021, he wo ...

* Brad Bischoff * Hannah Peterson * Sebastián Pinzón Silva * Jomo Fray * Andrew Bruntel * Alison Nguyen * Sky Hopinka * Z Behl * Crystal Kayiza * Melika Bass * Meredith Zielke & Yoni Goldstein * Channing Godfrey Peoples

2019

* Micaela Durand and Daniel Chew * Sephora Woldu * Andrew Patterson * Deniz Tortum * Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan * Alison O'Daniel * Diana Peralta * Lance Oppenheim * Matthew Puccini * Meghan Fredrich * A.V. Rockwell *

Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (born 1989) is an American and Ojibwe filmmaker from the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin. His debut feature, ''Wild Indian'' (2021), was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ...

* Bo McGuire * Courtney Stephens * Sudarshan Suresh * Norbert Shieh * Michaela Olsen * Todd Chandler *

Jessica Dunn Rovinelli Jessica Dunn Rovinelli (born March 16, 1988) is an American trans filmmaker, editor, colorist and critic. Rovinelli is known for her 2016 and 2019 feature films titled '' So Pretty'' and '' Empathy'' which explore sexuality and queerness. Backgro ...

* Haley Elizabeth Anderson * Barbara Cigarroa * Carlo Mirabella-Davis * Courtney and Hillary Andujar * Faren Humes * Billy Chew

2020

* Julia Mellen * Daniel Hymanson * Jeannie Nguyen * Ephraim Asili * Tayler Montague * Daniel Antebi * Keisha Rae Witherspoon * Nadav Kurtz *

Isidore Bethel Isidore Bethel is a French-American filmmaker whom ''Filmmaker'' named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020. The films he edits, directs, and produces use filmmaking to make sense of overwhelming experiences and touch on recur ...

* Shabier Kirchner * Merawi Gerima * Orian Barki and

Meriem Bennani Meriem Bennani (born 1988) is a Moroccan artist currently based in New York. Biography Bennani was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco. She earned a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2012, and an MFA from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts D ...

* Hayley Garrigus * Iliana Sosa * Victoria Rivera * Christine Haroutounian * Joie Estrella Horwitz * Neo Sora * Darcy McKinnon *

Emma Seligman Emma Seligman (born May 3, 1995) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for their feature directorial debut ''Shiva Baby'' (2020). Career As a teenager, Emma Seligman contributed film reviews to '' The Huffington Post''. They st ...

* Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich * Moara Passoni *

Nikyatu Jusu Nikyatu Jusu () is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's works center on the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, im ...

Rajee Samarasinghe Rajee Samarasinghe (born January 12, 1988) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and visual artist. His work explores a wide array of topics including the Sri Lankan Civil War, his family, and the deconstruction of documentary and narrative film. Ear ...

* Joseph Sackett

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